800 



INFLUENCE OF FOOD PRESEKVATIVES ON HEALTH. 



TABLE III. Amount of moist and dry food consumed, expressed as percentage of body 

 weight, Series VII Continued. 



[Averages are per man per day.] 



WEIGHT AND WATER CONTENT OF THE FECES. 



In Table IV are given the data relating to the moist and dry weight 

 and water content of the feces. In this connection attention should 

 be called to the fact that the feces were collected by periods and not 

 studied by separating the ingested materials of the various periods by 

 means of charcoal or other distinctive coloring matter. For this rea- 

 son some small discrepancy may enter into the computations by reason 

 of the irregular amount excreted from day to day. In the large num- 

 ber of persons under observation, however, there would be a marked 

 tendency to correct any appreciable error and to secure in the general 

 expression a fairly accurate average value for the fecal excretions. 



